Improvement in heating-stoves



2 Sheets-Shet 1, C. H. BUCK.

HEATING-STOVE No.183,534. P'ate-nted Och-24, 1876.

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v C. H. BUCK HEATING-STOVE. ,183,534. V Patented on. 24,1876.

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UNITED STATES CHARLES H. BUCK, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

IMPROVEMENT lN HEATING-STOVES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 183,534, dated October24, 1876; application filed September 11, 1876.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES H. BUCK, of thecity and county of St. Louis and State of Missouri, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Heating-Stoves; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact descriptionthereof, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, making part ofthis specification, in which- Figure l is a side elevation of myimproved heating-stove. Fig. 2 is a vertical central section of thesame. Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal section of the same in the liney y of Fig.2. Fig. 4 is a horizontal section in the line .90 a: ofFig. 1. Figs. 5 and 6 are detailed Views, illustrating the manner offastening the linings and fender in their proper places.

My invention relates to that description of heating-stove which isconstructed with a horizontal sheet-iron cylinder, and heads ofcast-iron, with flanges or rims to receive the cylinder and support it.The heads have also rims or supports for keeping in place the castironlinings or plates in such a manner that an opening or flue between theoutside cylinder and inside plate or lining is formed.

The nature of my invention consists in certain constructions,combinations, and arrangements of parts hereafter described andspecifically claimed, whereby a heating-stove of the description abovementioned is greatly improved in the following particulars, viz: First,it is provided with dividing flue-strips, so as to make a return-flueinstead of a flue going around the stove-lining, as is usual in thisclass of stoves, thus giving greater length of flue and more perfectcombustion. Second, the linings are placed in the stove and fastened inposition in a superior manner. Third, an open fender is arranged on theinside of the stove, opposite the mica windows, and along the wholelength of the cylinder, and this fender is formed of a broad slottedplate, and it serves to protect the mica of the windows from injury bypreventing the fuel from coming in contact with them, and at the sametime it permits light and heat to pass through it toward the windows andfront portion of the cylinder or case. The said fender is also appliedin such a manner that it can be removed without taking away any otherpart of the stove. Fourth, the stove is braced in such a manner, bybraces between the heads outside the cylinder, that no improper strainis produced when theplates are being secured or drawn together, thuslessening the chances of breaking the plates. Fifth, an adjustablefoot-rail is provided, which can be raised up close to the cylinder whennot in use as a foot-rest or when being shipped. Sixth, a pcculiar wayof fastening the pipe-collar is atforded. Seventh, an improved .way ofapplying the damper is devised; and,finally, the whole structure isfastened together in a better manner than heretofore. The rods, being onthe outside, cannot be burned oh, and always can be got at moreconveniently, if required to be screwed up.

In the drawings, A represents the back plate of my improved stove, whichin this case has the shape of an elliptic cylinder. The said plate A isprovided with legs a and elliptic parallel flanges a and M. The frontplate A has legs a and flanges a a similar to those on the plate A, butin addition thereto is an ash-box, B, a door, '0, and ahorizontallyswinging draft-regulator, c. The door 0 extends down to thedraft-regulator 0, below which the door-opening of the plate A extends,and forms a space, 0, for the admission of the draft to the lire. Theflanges a on both plates A A form the support of the covering D of thestove, which covering is made of one piece of sheet metal, and joined inthe usual manner at the lowest point. By means of lugs e on the plates Aand A, and rods E with nuts 6 outside of the stove, I fasten the lowerpart of the stove together.

To give the stove a more elegant appearance, and to protect thestove-covering from undue strain, I provide the plates A A withornamental stays, in the shape of casings E, around the rods E. To oneof the said rods E a swinging foot-rail, F, is attached, by means ofarms f, so shaped that they sustain the said foot-rail in its normalposition by hearing against the coverD and the flange a The saidfoot-rail is tupned up against the stove when not used, or when thestove is packed up for transportation." Above the said foot-rail anumber of mica windows, D, are inserted in the usual manner intothecovering D.

The top of the stove has a crown-piece, G, with a top opening, g,fastened to the covering D by means of a continuous surrounding PATENTOFFICE,

rods H and their nuts h inside the stove witha fair access to the nuts,while the heads h of r the bolts are embedded in the plates A A, asshown in Fig. 3. v

The opening 9 in the crown-piece G may be closed with an ornamentalcover, g as shown in Fig. 1.

When the stove has been so farcompleted, the lining is inserted throughthe door in sections, which find their support on the rims a. The firstsection inserted is the bottom lining I, which has a number oflongitudinal ribs, 6, upon which. the fuel is placed, wherewithair-channels below the fuel are created, which promote combustion. Nearits upper edge, opposite the mica, and below the said windows, thelining I has an angular flange, I, which forms a partition between thesaid lining and the covering D. The lining I projects above the saidpartition in the shape of an upright flange, i

Above the flange l a fender, J, is placed, and secured by tho-rims a.

supporting-rims a and united by longitudinal bars 9' and the said stripsmay bend at the top toward the covering D, or they may be out off abovethe top bar 7'. The fender J is kept on the rim a by means of lugsj overwhich it is passed by means of notches and then vertically slippedbetween the rim a, and

the said lugs, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6, in-

detail. Opposite the fender J, and joined to the bottom lining I bymeans of tongue and groove, as shown at F, the lining K is inserted inthe stove and placed on the rims a and secured there by lugs 70 with theaid of notches k operated in a similarmanner as the fender J. The said'linin K has longitudinal ribs k similar to those i of the bottom liningI. At the top thelining K closes up against the covering D by means ofinclined flanges K near both ends, leaving between the said flanges K apassage, 70 for the smoke, and

the said passage is separated from the space between the lining K andcovering D by a horizontal partition-flange, L, and two vertiealpartition-flanges, M, which latter extend,

around the lower side of the lining K to the bottom lining I, andthereby divide the space between the lining K and the cover D into threeparts, m m m. The inclined flanges K are provided with openings k bymeansof which communication between the fire or fuel chamber and thepassages m m is effected. Above the flanges k buttons 70 are pivoted tothe plates A and A, which, when turned down, prevent said flanges frombeing moved upward. The passage 70 leads, by means of an opening, I, inthe covering D, into a smokechamber, N, which is fastened, by means of acontinuous flange, n, and stove-bolts M, to the contact with andinjuringthe mica. The said fender consists of parallel strips j, curved liketheir lining K, which, for that purpose, is provided with lugs or smallflanges n on the partitions M. The top of the said smoke-chamber N isprovided with a collar, N, upon which the smoke-pipe is fitted. Theopening Z extends below the horizontal flange'L, and thus openscommunication between the passage m and the smoke-chamber. The openingabove the said flange L may be closed by avalve, 0, having a fulcrumrod, 0, which is passed through the walls of the smoke-chamber, andthere provided with a hook or handle for the purpose of operating thevalve. When the passage 70 is open the valve 0 lies-flat upon the flangeL, and the smoke passes freely out of the stove into the smoke-chamberN, and from there into the smoke-pipe. passage k is closed by thevalveO, as shown in Fig. 2, the smoke from the stove enters through the holesk, the passages m mflpasses around the ends of the partitions M'into thepassages m and from there into the smokechamber N, and'flnally into thestove-pipe.

The fender J admits heat through it to the casing, and both light andheat to the mica windows, and prevents fuel from coming in Thesmoke-chamber N. is fitted loosely but snugly upon the casing D, andfastened to the lining K by means of the bolts c and the said lining isfirmly seated upon the lining I. by means of the tongue-and-groove jointi and buttons 70 Having described my invention,whatIclaim, and desireto. secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The combination of the plates A A, having rims a lugs. 10,-andbuttons 10 with the lining K, having notches k substantially as and forthe purpose set forth.

2. The combination of the plates A A, hav ing rims a and lugsj and thefender J, having notches substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination of the fender J, the lining I having flanges I and.12 tongue-andgroove joint "5 with the lining K, the buttons 76, thelugs j 7c, and the rims a substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

4. The combination of the plates A A, the rods E, and stays-E,substantially as set forth.

5. The combination of the crown-piece G, the rods H, rods E, andsheet-iron casing D, lining K, and the plates A A, substantially as andfor the purpose set forth.

6. The combination of the sheet-iron casing- D and plates A A, lining K,the flange a of the smoke chamber N, and the bolts a, substantially asand for the purpose set forth.

7. The combination of the fuel or fire-chamber flues m m 112*,the'passages k and l, the valve 0, and the smoke-chamber N,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

' Witness my hand in the matter of my application for a patent for animproved heatingstove.

Witnesses: CHARLES H. BUCK.

JAMES G. CLARKE, E. W. EVERI.

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